ABSTRACT
Specialized Schools for High-Ability Learners focuses on educational programming offered in nontraditional, publicly approved, and private settings, with important details about how to serve high-ability learners in specialized schools and deliver schoolwide educational change. Each chapter offers a differentiated resource for educators who are interested in designing and implementing programs in specialized school settings by providing a discussion of the critical components for inclusion in a carefully planned, coherent, and quality-minded K-12 curricular sequence. This book delivers a comprehensive discussion with recommendations for the learning experiences of high-talent students in specialized schools and alternatively approved educational programs. Through relevant research and practical applications, this compendium will help in developing high levels of talent among the next generation of competent critical thinkers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|81 pages
Foundational Theories and Research Among Specialized Schools
chapter Chapter 1|11 pages
Charting a Specialized Course in Education
chapter Chapter 2|12 pages
Curriculum and Instruction for Specialized Schools for the Gifted
part II|101 pages
Best Practices for Specialized School Operations